Is it common for people to lie online?
I draw a weird arbitrary line between misrepresenting the facts of some situation, and misrepresenting the emotions in a situation. Like, there are things that happened [you did kiss that girl or you didn’t, you did get the paper in before the deadline or you didn’t, you did pick up milk on your way home or you didn’t] and then there’s the way you feel about things [you like that girl, maybe, or you really tried hard on that paper, maybe, or you spaced the milk because you have a lot on your mind, maybe]. I try hard to accurately ascertain and represent the truth in the former situations, and then try to at least be accurate about what I feel in the latter situations. I equivocate a lot and say things like “To me, this seemed like…” and “Well in my opinion…” This gets complicated in the messy world of relationships and/or politics where each player tries to get in their version of the “facts” to support their particular conclusion, and there’s never enough time for banter and debat
